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Get hiv from hiv test center???
I just had my hiv rapid test which was nagtive. However I did not see the health provider open the kit in front of me.
So, I am worrying that the needle she used to stick my finger was not new. Was it possible the needle had been used to stick other people before me? Will this put me in another hiv risk? If the needle has fresh hiv positive blood on it, would my test result be positive? I cannot think more, I am so worried about it. I cannot live with such anxiety. Help me please!!! Thank you!
So, I am worrying that the needle she used to stick my finger was not new. Was it possible the needle had been used to stick other people before me? Will this put me in another hiv risk? If the needle has fresh hiv positive blood on it, would my test result be positive? I cannot think more, I am so worried about it. I cannot live with such anxiety. Help me please!!! Thank you!
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Thank you Vance. Sorry to keep posting questions, becuase I cannot talk this with my family and I am so stressful. I supposed to feel relax because I got a negtive result, but I just cannot.
This is my mental problem and it was not real happend, and I do not need take another test after three month, am I right? Thank you.
This is my mental problem and it was not real happend, and I do not need take another test after three month, am I right? Thank you.
Many thanks to all of your help and replies. I went back to the clinic yesterday and talked about my concern. Eventhough I did not see the nurse who had tested me, but I got the confirmation that the lacent for the rapid tset cannot be reused. However, they told me that the lancets they used are only pink color at their clinic, but I remember my one was blue. Whatever, I believe that the lancet cannot be resued. So I can move on and back to my normal life. Thank you, again
Hi everyone -
Just want to make sure that people understand that a finger stick doesn't use a syringe, just a lancet, which are incapable of being reused.
Thanks,
Emily
Just want to make sure that people understand that a finger stick doesn't use a syringe, just a lancet, which are incapable of being reused.
Thanks,
Emily
Thank you so much for your lecture. I feel much much better now. Thank you, again.
Thank you so much for your kind support. Is there any thing can help to peace my mind? I just cannot stopping think about it.
Thank you for your reply. So, I think I should forget this and back to my normal life. Thank you.
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ONE, the HIV on the surface area of the lancet would not remain active. TWO, a lancet causes a VERY small, VERY superficial opening in the skin to obtain a capillary blood sample. That would NOT be a sufficient enough wound to allow any infected blood to reach your bloodstream, which HAS to happen for you to get HIV. THREE, The AMOUNT of blood on the tip of a lancet would never be anywhere CLOSE to being enough to cause a risk. In order for a person to have an HIV risk....there must be more than a drop of infectious fluid to cause infection.
PLEASE seek professional help.